package org.cache2k.jcache.provider.generic.storeByValueSimulation;

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/**
 * Copying objects is not an easy task, so better have a factory for that.
 *
 * @author Jens Wilke
 */
public interface ObjectCopyFactory {

  /**
   * Create a transformer class which actually does no type changes.
   * If the factory does know how to handle the type, it returns null.
   */
  <T> ObjectTransformer<T, T> createCopyTransformer(Class<T> clazz, ClassLoader classLoader);

  <T> ObjectTransformer<T, T> createCopyTransformer(Class<T> clazz);

}
